First published as Surfing USA! in 2005 by Voyageur Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing Company, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA.

Digital edition published 2014.

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Digital edition: 978-1-61058-761-7
Softcover edition: 978-0-76034-451-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Marcus, Ben, 1960-

Surfing USA! : an illustrated history of the coolest sport of all time / by Ben Marcus ; photographs and artwork by Jeff Divine…[et al.].

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-89658-690-1 (hardcover)

1. Surfing--United States--History. 2. Surfing--United States--History--Pictorial works. I. Divine, Jeff. II. Title.

GV839.6.M37 2005

797.3’2--dc22

2005011655

Editor: Michael Dregni

Designer: Julie Vermeer